Posts Tagged ‘mumbai’

I just came back from a month long trip to India. Two weeks of it was spent in Mumbai, with other grad school students, to learn and study about counseling and social work in India. A profound trip. The need for therapists and therapy is much greater in India than here in the U.S. I am tempted to move back to this country I was born in. Some photos.

We stayed at a Catholic retreat center, Atmadarshan. Our rooms were simple, clean, and met all our needs. In some way, staying here became a retreat for me.

Attached bathroom.

A fishing village in Vasai, Thane district.

Elephanta caves. I was awed to be blessed to see these 1500 years old sculptures.

Some survives, some breaks off.

Fish drying in Vasai.

Women working at Creative Handicrafts, Andheri. An amazing NGO, that provides employment to women in need and is a fair trade organization.

Boys love to pose!

Playing.

Boy in Andheri who graciously posed for me.

Woman working at Creative Handicrafts.

Water bottles thrown at elephanta caves. It pains me to see people treat their environment this way.

Street shopping.

Making stuffed animals at creative handicrafts.

Stray kitten on the road. I was petting him for a long time, could not let go. He loved the human touch. These animals scavenge for food and shelter, but who provides them love?

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A Quote to Ponder

It is wrong to think that love comes from long companionship and persevering courtship. Love is the offspring of spiritual affinity and unless that affinity is created in a moment, it will not be created for years or even generations. Kahlil Gibran